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Is the way to force pc games to run at a certain FPS?

by techchild214 Apr 4, 2007 12:49AM PDT

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(NT) No

by jackson dougless Apr 4, 2007 1:40AM PDT

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Maybe. Run DXDIAG and ...

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 4, 2007 3:34AM PDT

On the right most tab, there is an OVERRIDE button. Set it to 60Hz and this can limit games to top out at ...

Bob

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That's monitor refresh

by jackson dougless Apr 4, 2007 4:23AM PDT

It doesn't have anything to do with the FPS a game runs at. That's governed by the video card, quality settings, RAM, and CPU. Not necessarily in that order.

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Just noting a way to have a top end limiter.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Apr 4, 2007 4:26AM PDT

That's all that I can offer.

Bob

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